Marian Anderson performs at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., 1939

ID: 318 ~ Source: "[Photograph of 75,000 People Gathered to Hear Singer Marian Anderson in Potomac Park, 1939]." Image. From The National Archives: Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1900 - ca. 1950. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/595378 (accessed December 18, 2017). ~ Date: April 9, 1939
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Marian Anderson performs a concert at the Lincoln Memorial in front of a crowd of 75,000 onlookers. She opened the performance with a chilling rendition of "My Country 'Tis of Thee.'"

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By Eleanor Roosevelt
"...I am in complete disagreement with the attitude taken in refusing Constitution Hall to a great artist. You have set an example which seems to me unfortunate, and I feel obliged to send in to you my resignation. You had an opportunity to lead…